CREATIVITY &
LATERAL THINKING
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By Bhanu Chander V
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Creativity ?
Art of
Thinking
Imagining
Writing
Acting
Doing or speaking
That is
Unique
Astonishing
Adoptable
Practical
Categories
1. Behavioral
2. Habitual
Let’s see
Behavioral Practices
1. Need for change and requirements
Necessity is the mother of creativity
Feel the need for change
Frame our environment
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Make way to new ideas
2. Finding Faults
In existing things, designs or writings
Everything lacks in perfection
Finding faults lead to innovation
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Look for problem – even if there’s no
3. Being different – not satisfying
Perceive differently
Be – Think – Do different
Keen to each & every part of the issue
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Look for unusual things
4. Exposure
Expose to different situations
Aware of many things
Observe things and surroundings
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Remove restrictions
Don’t neglect small things
5. Share your thoughts
Others help you correct mistakes
Others share their ideas
Learn from the mistakes of others
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Analyze the mistakes
6. Go through others ideas
What mistakes they made ?
How is their concept
Alternative ideas
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How that helps your concept
How that differs from yours
Analyze for
7. Live in assumptions Assume impossible to be possible
Those who imagine are creative
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Think in impossible ways
8. Confidence People might criticize
No confidence – No Ides !
Appreciate yourself – be confident
9. Risking – no fear for failure Take risks
Failure
Criticism
Rejection
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Failed ? – one step towards success
Risks are
Being different – creative !
90% fail because of not starting !
Give a Try !
10. Observe others
It develops analyzing power
Find how creative others are
Think like a child but act like an adult
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Watch children – their crazy thoughts
Children can compete with scientists !
11. Group your thoughts
Ideas comes in flow !
If not caught – Idea will be lost !
Write down the flashed ideas
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Carry a notepad
Group of water drops makes an ocean !
Non - sense holds some sense !
12. Be comparative
Comparison is required
Satisfied ? – end of innovations !
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Compare and find differences
13. Avoid routine activities
Routine works – boredom
Obstructs lateral thinking
Reading and writing stories
Watching movies – esp. anime
Music and gaming
Travel and site seeing
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Take a break
Robots do routine works not humans !
14. Positive minded friends
Move with positive heads
Don’t mind negative people
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Inspiring people rocks
You are judged by your surroundings !
Move with your followers !
15. Be practical
Crazy thoughts always ?
Make it practical
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Example – Animated animals
Represent in practical way
Thumb rules
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1. Feel the need for changes
2. Find faults in current things
3. Be different – Think and do differently
4. Know as many things as possible
5. Share your thoughts with others
6. Analyze others works
7. Live in assumptions
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8. Observe and analyze others
9. Take risks – eliminate the fear for failure
10. Be confident on self
11. Group your thoughts – Write down
12. Be comparative
13. Avoid routine and uninterested activities
14. Move with positive people
15. Be Practical
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Get more from . . . . .
1. Resources
2. Suggestions – tips
3. Solutions to CEED papers
4. M.Des, Design streams overview
5. Design mistakes
6. Creativity development
7. Ideas !